Over the past several years, the communications industry has seen an increase in automation, including in transport networks. The growing uptake of IP and optical convergence, and AI, have further driven this trend. With its greater complexities – particularly in the optical layers – transport automation is not always easy to implement, but operators understand it is a crucial component of a successful automation strategy.
In July and August 2024, Heavy Reading conducted the year 3 version of its global automation network operator survey, tracking automation progress in IP and optical transport networks. In this special webinar, Heavy Reading is joined by experts from Ciena, Infinera, Juniper, and Nokia to discuss this year’s survey findings and what they mean for the future.
Date: Oct 3, 2024
Time: 12:00 EDT
Duration: 1 Hr
Topics addressed will include:
Primary transport automation use cases – current and planned
Addressing key barriers to automation adoption
Current state of AI and machine learning (ML) in transport operations
Use cases to benefit most from the application of AI/ML
Strategies for managing coherent pluggable optics in IP over DWDM
The need to reinvent automation to become more intent driven
Moderator
Sterling Perrin, Senior Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading
Sterling has more than 20 years of experience in telecommunications as an industry analyst and journalist. His coverage area at Heavy Reading is optical networking, including packet-optical transport and 5G transport.
Sterling joined Heavy Reading after five years at IDC, where he served as lead optical networks analyst, responsible for the firm’s optical networking subscription research and custom consulting activities. In addition to chairing and moderating many Light Reading events, Sterling is a NGON & DCI World Advisory Board member and past member of OFC’s N5 Market Watch Committee. Sterling is a highly sought-after source among the business and trade press.
Speakers:
Pavan Kurapati, Vice President of Technical Architecture, Juniper Networks
Pavan is the Vice President of Technical Architecture at Juniper Networks. In his current role, Pavan leads a global team of Distinguished Architects and specialists for Cloud, SP, and Enterprise Segments with a focus on developing solutions for emerging technologies such as AIOps, Networking for AI, Quantum Security, Network Automation, and 5G. Pavan has 24+ years of experience in the design and architecture of IP/MPLS networks. Pavan has a master’s degree in Information and Data Science from UC Berkeley.
Teresa Monteiro, Director of Marketing, Infinera
Teresa Monteiro is Director of Marketing at Infinera. In this role, she champions network software and automation solutions, with a particular focus on management and control, and Analytics and Machine Learning, helping telecommunications operators modernize and optimize their networks. Teresa has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunication industry, having held various senior engineering roles in packet-optical technologies at Siemens and Product Management positions at Nokia Siemens Networks and Coriant. Prior to that, Teresa received a PhD in Physics from the University of Hamburg and worked as a researcher at CERN, in Switzerland.
Pino Dicorato, Technical Sales/Product Marketing Automation Manager, Nokia
Pino leads technical sales enablement and product marketing for Nokia’s Network Infrastructure optical network automation environment portfolio, which is paving the path to transition, scale, simplify and digitize the future for the optical transport industry. With over 20 years of experience in the telecom industry, his roles have ranged from business development and consulting within various industry markets to R&D roles in photonic hardware development, ASIC/FPGA design, and software automation for high-scale manufacturing. Away from work, Pino enjoys high-intensity interval training, playing soccer, biking and traveling worldwide with his beautiful family.
Marie Fiala, Director of Portfolio Marketing, Ciena
Marie Fiala is Director of Portfolio Marketing at Ciena, where she focuses on driving customer business value through market adoption of software innovations. With over 30 years in the telecom industry, Marie’s experience spans software start-ups and large multi-national companies, in global marketing, strategic planning, program delivery, and product development roles. You can find her on Twitter at @marie_fiala or on LinkedIn.
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